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J-OHJST W. SL1HDC3-E, imuji'kiktoI!.
VOL. XXXI.
A NEWSPAPER FOB T H E PEOPLE
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1897.
?EPHVLS: S1-50 1,Klt ANM.'.M IN AhV.VM K
NO. 40.
AD V EUT1SKM KNTS.
PR UN ELI N
iTriuluMiiik Itculst Tcil I
THE IDEAL LAXATIVE
A (11 aire fur
w-C ONSTIPATION"1
-As (tltit'-anl an lmiicy hih, Mire u r for
IIIIiiiiiHiicNN, llcmlm-lie, I'Vvith, Ptmiiurli
Tll'tHlll", I I l4TUM(illl'll('.,,h(T
Mrk WtmiuM'li, Irrrnhirity,
Kliliicy TroublCN, kiii ami lllimtl IMs-ui-itt
ri.
titi'l vt'ry in n "Iti'T i- mil) iiiiiijilirnHuii!-,
i tin- hinfllvo Nt iitc nl' the If i" i-U
PRUNELINC m tin- hili'.m Him Mir.i 1-nth-ir
. i.li-l .il'iTK'Ilt n H' flit II-". It tli'T.iH1il
, .,.iiiM uithoiii icrloitiK, p'lnllrs ilif I1 1 anil
r, NI'IU- Mil ttllfll' 1l "II til.- M-l-lll. It 1 1 1 1 f
nu CASTOR OIL SALTS
Mus i' l all MttnT II i i"i' pii-
tn.-.. It I'-lien 'I
,,l dn- , ifin . k"i
n ir il mVl Itif lt"i
l',,r tin' 1 itt"l' I'Uri"
liTrft.- nil t .fi
the I. '.1 I ...I.
I Mt u, lle-lii: I li!
at or.m
II, , i ,
i.i.i n i
SoM 1) nil ill nil j, nr . lll
ptiif .IU.
ti. miv H.i-in-- "V
'WlNKhl. MAN'S .V HKoWS Mil
lUil.n
m l.'ii ly.
H-JDSON'S-
' 1 I..
ir,., Mil.
SI,
1-17 Main nt , Noifolk, V.i.
LADIES' AMD GENTLEMEN'S DINirib
KOOM. AI.I, MKAI.S2.-i CENTS.
srnrAssi.w; corrr.i; ,1 .sv.v.i.n
.1. K. IiriKliN, rntprictnr.
Tin! lii sl of Everything in Season
o(-t lit lyr.
C. II. IIAI.K.
UAI.II'AX, X. C.
Carries full lint
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots
KMli:J. (illOC KUIKS, Etc.
Agent lor STAN DA HI) HKWIXli MA
CHINES. Can luriiih any pail of any
kiml oi machine nt "hurt imtii i-. Slid
postal card for slip illustrating pait lo
machine you have und will tmnii' price for
piece Heeded.
1 carry a full line
Coffins & Burial
Cases.
(live nio u trial bIicu in nr
IliiiiX
il of an.
my ? ".
W. T. PARKER
-l)E.I.K.K IN-
Heavy fl
AND IT
Farm
Implements.
il l'OKND SACKS OK SALT l'Ol!
81.10 l'KUSAC'K.
MUCorrcct jiriccs and polite attention to
all. K ' 'y
TRAD! MARKS,
COPVRICHT8 a
An Ton ft npnrtlnir ft Rketcli mJ tlcscrlptlon mtif
)iiiofclTwTUIii, fruu, nlicllHT an tnveiiti-ii !
pmbHMf rMlentKhla. fiMimimitcatiim itrl.ily
fimtltpntlal. Ol-Unl uvnc; f-irvurlnti ntfnU
In Ai.HTlca. Wo Imve a WwtHiitinni ofHw.
rntfttU Inken thromiU Muuu & Co. Ittuulr
pvcial iiotiue In tli
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
bmtinillr lliimtrato.1, lnnrpat clmtUtlon of
ntiT neitmllno Inurual. wet'k if.U'nii!.l.(" "sr;
mx monflm. ii'rlnifn ou(Ip and UAM
itUWK UX i' AT KNTS SCDt 1 16. AdliTM
MUNN A CO.,
31L Braadwav, Nw York
Professor Jas. Harvey's
irSKXCKM.F.D
mm
5 fj
TONIC, w
HiLHiio eUl. It in til" only utrietly
P'.trc vi'"t:'.M" IImI intlii'lou on lliu mar
ket It reKiilalen anil iliansis til liver,
strengthens anil heula disemed kidneys,
iiMit the uriiiiil ordain ill u wonderful
ni'inner, euiv chill and lever, ejitarrh in
its first ntiKc, ukera, aurea ol lon atand
inn, mils iliKeitiun, i-renUa sippitite,
tren(!tlien the weak and l.iuuoid, giv.
tone and viuor to ihe holu ayaten). No
one ahnuld he without it.
Office und Labor itorv -J".7 Church atreet,
Norlolk, Va. WTPKICE 50 CtNTS.
je 11 ly.
W. M. II.V1U.ISTON & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
CARPETS, STOVES,
and Mattfimsee, etc
All A
MlllftV' nl
IMMENSE STOCK
AND LOW PRICES.
W. M, HABLI8TON CO.,
No. 90 M. BjrctMnor Bt, Petenbnri, Ta.
10 36 It.
A I ) V K RT I S V. M K N TS .
Potash
i necessary ami important
ii'di'ini. oi complete fer-
tiilMT:
rcfiiin
inaiiur
I'rops of all kinds
a properly balanced
re. The best
ertilizers
omi.im a high percentage
of Potash.
.vi,:.. -u 1. Msh
per. merit i :i t!,(; l(
t. ld ill a I.Mlc U L
nutllicc V. :iv I'.tin
lie r"nlnf I in- 1y nrtivil rj
i.irm in the I'liitttl St.itts i:
'" li I'liM sli an.l wiM (:l.uli
i in Amcriia wlni wdl wtiie ft -r it
CYUM N K AI.I WdkKS,
ij3 Nassau St., New York,
5
Chimney Pipe, Siu.Ii, HHikIm anil
iiiul a full Hue of
1 loois
H A.RDWARE,
1'itr s;t!e 1 1 v
PLUMMER & WHEELER,
I'KI'HU.-lil'Hii, VA.
my J l l)
Monuments and Tombstones.
(riling nivi um' li'iut as t-i
itMil St;itr nf ufik'.'IMM'd.
, .t(.i r rocii in (in- south
to si'Uct I'nuu.
COUPEil RURBLE WORKS,
(ltajili.iVi.. 1 rt l-i. )
l.")!l to t : l'..mk si., Norlolk, Va.
nov 3 ly,
Twin City
inn
WELDON.N.C.
1
Full line I'AXC'Y (iliOCF.IilF.', Fia iTS,
and Confectioneries.
Nice lineof California Dried Fruit', Prunea
Peaches, etc., etc. Full line ol
-French Canto
Cryslalie Fruits, Cream Almonds and
Marshtn illows.
AkcuIs l.ir Flcisclinian's compressed yeast.
BUSTER PURNELL, Mana-cr,
,1.1 li) II.
WELDON, N. C.
Healer In
General
Merchandise
Audit for tliecclchr.iled KKII.F.Ii BUGS.
andlUY.STATF.SIIOK.'v
H ive also adilid to my stock a nice lint
clothing:
for M1:N, Vot'l';l aaud Cilll.DUl'.N'.
A full line of
Solid Walnut Caskets ,
Always on hand, liurial mlies pTinslie.
for 1,'mIics and tleuileincn also llni I i i .l
lions KHen to dead hi lies and tlisiiiic,
Uinta used when desired.
A NICE HEARSE AT Vol I! lUSI'lHAI..
Mr T. 11. Taylor, of Norlhaiiiptoneoun
ty, is with nie ami will lie pleased to b- i
Ilia friends.
P. N. STAIN HACK.
THE KERN FURNITURE CO.,
SI DM Murki'I S.imiT, Norfolk, Vh.
iJdDy Utlidim
Tlnrnirrnnotunti
nUlll",Uluiuiii,
mid lull line nf Furniture,
iipraoir.
MARKET.-..
CREEN CROCERIES.
To a'' i .y friends:
I have opened MARKET at tli
old,"lcluionico" stand.
LIST of A RTICLES K KPT on H AX P
fcyStall Boef, Nice Fresh Fish received
daily, Pork Sausage, Cabbage,
Potatoes, Kto.
O. Or. ErVA-lTS,
Weldon. N. C.
apr
tf.
tail
tin
loir
I. Stamback
B. I'. 8ALE, WM. LINN,
PronrieUir. Manager
MANSION HOUSE.
... RilTR s
AMERICAN ANO EUROPEAN PLANS.
Uaten 8treM, NORFOLK, VA.
XKW Al KliTIK.MhNTS.
The Fountain of Youth.
VV all letnoinbffj
th.- III. iy of I'uncc
jllie
cti-nml youth; and
xv all synipat!iie
with hi in in liis
s i- n r c 1 1 . Youth
ima;is so much. It
tnruim mort- than
life for SdtiifiiiiRS
lilV- v c m i s a
weariness. i u t
youth-with
US l'IMItltlilt(r
hi alt li .mil xiy.nr,
elastic step,
lowiiifr cIh i ks,
ami spur klitii;
:r'a
eye; we all
I
Cnvet HellU-
iiie youth.
Tin' wr;;k
nesH or (In-
i.-, ,-, iy.yL.gtU. JSL !tc gf people
tx -fore their
time, is not thrt result of nrrunnilatt il years;
it is the e fleet of vrotu living and unite; lthy
hiot.'l. Win n the Mood i pine and fresh
the body will be full of youth.
'fhoiwuids of people who seemed t't have
lot tht ii voiith by di-ease and suii ritij!
have found it ii'ain thiocph the usi-of i!r.
Tierce's C. olden Medical Discoveiy, the
most perfectly natuial and scientific i.'juve
n.itoi of the physical forces ever known to
uvdical scic nee.
H k'ives the blood-makintr ore;ins power to
make new blond, full of the life Rivit a red
corpuscles which drive out disease, build
up fresh tissue, solid muscular flesh and
healthy iK-rve force. Il tves constitutional
power, deep ami full and strong; rounds
nut hollow cheeks and" emaciated forms;
gives plmnpueBs, color and animation,
It does not make flabby fat like cod liver
oil. On this account, it is a perfect tonic
for corpulent people.
It aids digestion and the natural action of
the liver, and by feeding the nerves with
highly vitalized blood banishes nervous
ness, neuralgia and insomnia.
Where a constipated condition exists, the
" DiscoveiT " should be used in conjunction
with I'r. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which are
the niii4 perfect, mild and na.nral laxative
in the world. There is nothing else "just
as ir..od " There is nuthiuir tbat will do the
woik sj thoruUKhly, surely ar.c comfortably.
Ymir .vMrtw, with six rcrttl
in st.imii, m.uU'ii to our Hu.id
(ii.iilcii, 11 t lint St., lU'ShP,
.'lam., will 'tnnjr ymt a full li'
t s.mi.li3, .it ul ru'os fr sc'.l-
; n I j iiu'iijiie iiiuni, ol our justly m
' Ovir.-.ita. : Hi .ititi 'up- m
jW-J i,ir.t,:si. As't'iiiFwaiUt'iicvfy-
ZZKw rijiKCUi'i Rock Co.
TASTELEB
IS JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE 50cts.
C At. ati A, Ills., Not. 1C, 1SJJ.
ParinMcrlirlnPCn.. !St. lAtiiis. Mo.
(Jetitl.'iucit: Wo Mid liil ear, CW bottles n(
IUoVKS TAsrKl.l.sS VWlhL TOXIC nmt hnvo
.wtriuht ilir-'o cronit nlruitdy tlu year. In nil mtrri
,11'rii'iH'O of H )enrf. In tliu Unitf business, tinvo
(lev-TBiilil tin nrtieltt t luit g nvfi fueh umverbuUullSi
.iKtiijU iu Jvur 'luutu. luurs tnuy.
AU.S.V,CAIUt
SHbP AND WAHRAVlEll 11Y
Dr. A.S.Harrison,
i:n'fii:i,p. n. e.
( iiiul IMano Is a Well Made Plane
fan -fit I ait'Oition lias seen that every de
tail is ii"lit. doiMi to the sctcas. It i.'
hi ear.' ami thought nhicb n akis tin
loiicf ' et and inn. which niases nit
much elastic, which niliualltccs llie loin;
ite ol the Piano.
W.THESTIEFF-
is ncrlcctlv made. When that is said
o,i tisl ion in every detail is implied
leinis to suit von Seuit I' r illioOr.tcci
at.ll.iUllc.
( H AS M MM I I F.
!l N. I.ihcily st.. I'..iliiiin.re, Md.
.V.lsliiuKlnll, .VJI Klei'lltll st., N, W.
Oi l H I v.
lit jfii'-'U "" "Kil idUd luii'i"iuii'i,
r.-.ir I.I.-H-I ii.... ii. ay i "i. "
W rtls JOHN i. ....I...... .... , . ' '
V..v. V?,liliiU I,, i .. I T Ih. lr l.s.i j.rlso u.toi
,ii'il illl.r lo liuii'lri"! I.i'euuou. wkuiisi,
I'lKlFHSSIOXAI. (M.'i.s.
1AMSS . KCI.1.KS,
WAI.rKn K. DAS'lBl
M
U L h K X 4
DAN
K I.
ATTORXEYS AT l.AU
Wbldon, N. C.
Fi-tetteeln theeonrtsof HslinnsmlNorlhunii
il mill HI lhe.siliri.ll. no reuei.u nil..
..i....D .....i.. In .lli.nriM.if North t'sri'titia.
Brliieholttce t Hslilai. N. C.,o.eu every M..u
1y
)lt. T. 'I
T. UOS.S,
'i'ffi
Hi
DENTIST
Weldon, N. C.
J(Sroniee over Emry Pierce's store.
ll)-19-ly.
)R W.J WARD.;;-
Snrieon Dentist,
ENFIFXD, N. C.
laOffioe over Harrison's Drug Store.
y li
Q Q7 m kesi
iP H 1 1 1
c23 13 u u Iksa toss
Efa O Pl 1
BEN AND THE NICKEL.
The Story of a Little. Messenger liny Who
Was True Id His .Mulher's Teaebini,'.
Tick, licit, lick! went llm wire. It. n
whs miit) to hear it, (or lie knew it meant
a telegram which lie must deliver, us all
the oilier iiiess.'tio.T I) i's were mil.
A bitter wiu'l wa hluwin. with a
sl i ly r.iin and iIm iiicssiilio whs lo be
t.il.cii a luiln i viv. to iiillli I'uric live-
Mile.
I'jf the lime lii.i s r.'.mt ojn.n. il llie
dour al lliai number l! ri was very eulil.
A lilile iil .1 irl. 1 into llm ball.
I v iii like il I i in 'i :n 'lit, -lie siiiil.
Hill l i . i ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 bi'.inl iiii'l ciiinc In r.i 'l .i
I H. U bile she read the tuesi-iiue Ildi
I over llie rojistiT, with lliu warm
air rii-,.r.;: no all iinni'id I'lui.
l lie lady took a litilc c iiu IV mi lo r
;se iiimI Inn, led to 1 1 i til without I.iiA-
H al It.
I liis is 5 cciiIh, ilmt you may ride iu
ie cur, she sahl kindly, uen did nut
k cither, but thanked li,-r clasj.in it
bis iniiicned liimd.
On the cir he hiiniltd it to ihe cun-
Inclnr, who returned D.) cctils, remark-
'I his is the change of your j;oid
lolliii."
n al ciice knew the lady had jjiven
to him in mistake I'or 5 cents,
lie thuuhl of all the nice marbles, af
s and enndy this would buy.
Then he reiueinbereJ his mother nt
nie, who woikel sih.irl ami loved
tin so il' itiiy his U"ar ni ither, who
live Ii i in iiLicuuical tiicli tiniriiint' whin
went lo bis work and always said,
Will the "ood hold help uiy liltlo boy
be lionest and truthful today?."
lien sto'icd the car and ran so
swiftly lack ib.it lit: was all rosy and red
y the time ,'lllllJ was reached.
The manservant did n I understand
s i X,l,in;:lli li. Hut llie lady who I.e. ml
iiu In in tile Mllilljliii In did fur she
had already ilbcovcrcd In r mistake.
iv seemed so pie ncd with 15 in and
ked him ail about his nn tlier and pnnu-
isctl to (jive hers. .me sewin;; which Would
pay very well.
ie said with such a nice lauob:
litre is uiiiiihi r nickel. It is due you,
lor you lu-t ihe first in biininj my itM
lihirback."
Win n li. u ihut t.ifl,t ate the litilt
ake ins innt her luxl tiaKetl lor liini. lie
as hap icr than he would have been
ith all the marliles, ciiudv and apples a
Hold tlullar cnuld buy when thai dollar
was let liubtfu lv bis to sp'tid ('. ().
Ni tiii.iil.aiu in Out Little Ones.
itr.t' L'SKD Tin: witoxo oxe,
1 m vi r tefu.-e Ihe plcn of a bear,"
Has a liailitii; unmticr ol congress
Ymi iniisi uut use my name and adver
se nie as a philanthropist, for I mil not
It is imply a matter of necessity with me
am I'blioed to nivo so;uethiui to every
i'0;ar, or I could nut sleep at tiihl. 1
made n bad mistake ura", and 1 would
it her (;ive occasionally to the uiiwvrlhy
inn lo ever deny assistance to tl
worthy.
Once upon a lime I was in St. Louis
on business. It was winter, and you know
how cold that town can be when it tries
ard I was mil on the street at 1 1 o'clock
one hitler i.Lht when a chap struck m
r a .lune lie was poorly elail, looKeu
liutirj- and sick, I eulit to have batdid
out llie money at onco. I was just brut
enoutih nut to do it. lie followed mo a
hundred feet, begoini: and pleadini; und I
6nally threatened to have him airesled
He turned away with a sob iu his throat,
and I weul on to the hotel.
"There was a big snowstorm that nij;l
. - . i . i 1 1
iiiul next tni'Mino nicy munu mm iu
lrili I'ti zcti siark and stiff 1 saw the body
and reeiieiiized It. J he pale lace was
inclnd und drawn with huiiper ami
sulli iiiiL'. and the eves Wi re as wide open
as yours, orcut bin blue eyes, sunken hack
in iheir sockets, and stilling at me Iu an
awful way Ye sir, they seemed lo le
tautened on me alone, aud to follow nie it
I moved vYIien 1 heard ear diivcis draj
men bootblacks und newsboys savin;; how
isladlv he)' w.'Uld have ejvcu llm poor
wrcleh a no uli r hi Imv loduini! and I n
rj...tlt..i HWSV l.-e.lilL' that 1 Was a llllll
d.rer li hint in mure ih.ni I can till
you 1 iloii l W illi to I'e iiiki-u lor nuns.
I (live toMitne who are, no t. ubl, undi
S'pinn, 'ml I take ui v ciiauci s oil mat
. ... i . . . .i .
That thin); lists like a nmriler on niy
c inv n nee, and n iihinu like it shall hap
pen aii iiii " t. Paul lilobe.
MllKK t't'RATIVE rilWF.H Is coll
tained iu a bottle of Hood's Sarsap.irilla
than in any oilier similar preparation
It costs the proprietor and manufacturer
more. It costs the jobber more and il
worih more lo the consumer. It lias
record of cures unknown to any oiher
prepaialion. It is the best to buy b
cause it is the Oue True Blood Puiifi. r,
II null's I'll. l.s are the best family
cathartic and liver medicine. (j.nili
reliable, mre.
CA8TOI1IA.
ftifie
ilmili (lUIUt
f
li n
r!P.
FAILED TO; KEEP PROMISE.
A liiiinesiic Trasejy in Which the Husband
Was Ihe Villain.
"Harry," said Mrs Ilartlcijih, the
other muriiirijr, with a serious look upou
her face; "are you sure that you love me
the same as you did before marriaffe?"
"Why you little simpleton," exclaimed
Mr. IIartleii.'h, oerilly pinching his belter
hall "s bewildering little chin; "what a
ipn siion! Of course I do."
"And ymt will keep all the promise
you make to me?"
"llelijiiollsly."
'And whatever I ask of you, )nu will
do?"
"Yes; that is to say, darling, evenlhino
iu reason,"
"Ah, iu our ciiri-liip days you never
thought of reason."
"N i, probably n it," said Hairy wilh
a smile that bore mi it the border of cyni
cism "Xo, dear, of eiuirse nut."
"Then why do jon now? Alas! I
fear tint you do not care as much lor
your Mamie as yuu used tu do."
"Noiismse, darling! I meant any
thing that is possible for me to do."
"And you are sure, Harry, that I inn
never out of your mind?" That you
are always thinkini! of .your pel? '
"You are never out of my mind an in
stant while I am away, and when I am
asleep you are always with nie in my
dreams."
"And, Harry dear, can I tru.-t yuu?"
"Always, darliiis;, and with anything.
Of whom do I think or care eieept your
sweet sell?"
"But then, men arc so chaueful."
".Some men, darlin;;; but not your
lovitio husbaud. You will ever fiud me
e same, always true to you, always
eepiu you in my thiamins, always bent
upon pleasing you, always ready lo re-
pond lo your behest"
"Ale you sure, Harr)?"
'Sure."
' have a great favor to ask of you,
Harry."
"Oh, that's il; well; it is (.'united be
fore it is asked."
Harry, my love be carelul how y u
promise recklessly. It is no common
lino I am i;oino to ii-k of yen."
"It makes no dilfeMiee what it is,
iriirn;, you have my promise "'
"You may think me fooli-li, ILirv.
but this is-sueh an awful thin.' to ask ol
you."
Vwful? Why, what in the w. rhl
in it be? Yuu arouse my cii'iiMtv.
emu, dear, nut with it "
"Well, dear, you are sure ton won't
thiuk me unreasonable?"
"Not u bit? '
"Not exacting?"
"Xix?"
"Don't trifle, Harr); this is a serious
matter.
"Serious? Yuu don't mean ihatjou
have been coukiDo sotncthiiie.? "
"What an idea! No."
"Or that your mother is coming to
live with us?"
"Harry, you know better thau that!"
"Then for heaven's sake, tell mo what
it Is.
will, lint d n't start, and don't
refuse me. Here is a letter, dear, that
I want you In mail. It is important.
Now, ymi won't forget it, will you ?"
Yiu silly iiille joose! And it is
nnly this? Why didn't you tell me al
once ? Ol course I will do it. I'll put
it in the box at llie c irner as I o bv "
"And you will not forget to do it ?"
' Forget ? Impossible."
"O Harry, you don't know what a
id you have taken off uiy miud. Here
it is, now be sure."
They embrace and kiss, and Mr Hart-
igh goes off with llie letter in his hand
si as to he sure not lo lorget to mail it , and
his little wifegoessingingabout the house
happy in the assurance that she has a
husband whom she c an Iru-t.
In the evening, .Mrs II art Icigh, after lb
eustin ary gnciing, discovers du-t on lo r
husband's coal I'roceediii.' lo dust il iff
will) her ban I, she perceives that llute
i. s.'iiietliin ' in his breast ii u ket "What
h ive you then?'' she aks.
.Nullum.', thai 1 kuow 1 1, Harry
r.'p.ies Kill in i'ii.iiii''.i 1 1 y lie iiirust in
hand into ihe pockel and dl.lBS seine
ihinjibenee ith the exela i aii n " H)
It i- tint Icti.r which he 1 r.iuii.-cd lo
mail
His little wile burs's into tears. "0
Harry!" she cri.s; "mother lold ihenutb
The men are all alike My dream
happiness is over. My husband has
Droved lalse Oh, why was 1 ever
boru?"
Mrs Ilarlhigh did not go home to
her mother, bill in a few d iyi she ap
penred on ihe street in a new seal sicqtie
and a perfect love of a bonnet Boston
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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MUSIC AS A PANACEA.
Il Is Claimed by Physicans Thai .Melnjy
lias a Curative llffect.
After the water cure we now have the
music cure, and the French and (ii riiiau
pap. rs are devoting much atletilion to it.
It is seriously prescribed as a cure for
nervous diseases, and it is claimed that il
can remove s iinc maladies in ihe space of
a lew Weeks. It is also averred ihat a
musical hospital is about to becstalili-hed
in Munich, where the pitients will be
rigulailyilos.dat propir intervals with
iiisiiumetiliil and vocal mii-ic
The id. a that music can cure diseases nf
ihe b idy isby no melius novel. Every
body admits that singing prs-i sses alums!
II inaojeal power. It was by i nciin! at ioll ,
iiruuiiii.iitii.il by the strongest instru-
mi nis, that llie sorcereis of iinliiiiit)
leiparid iheir charms and tin ir evil
d. ings. liy playing ihe hari David
soothed llie sadness of Saul.
i'fe belief that singing cures not only
the ills of the mind, but also the maladies
of the body, ha.-been perpetuated till the
present time. At the end of the eigh-
teeuth century Princess Belmont Pig-
natelli, the patroness of ail luleuls, and
particularly musical talents, became ill.
She was visited by Chevalier Ha a", the
celebrated singer, who happened lo
be in Paris at that lime. Xo sooner had
he come into her presence than she
becged him to sing au airetle. The
singer ciinseiitul, nud those a piece by
Ilasse called "The Saxon." While he
was sitigitig the lever ot the princess
ceased completely. Her medical at-
teudaut, who was present, said lo her,
poiulitig, to the arii.-t: "There, madam,
is your real doctor." The Journal de
Palis ol April 15, 1788, from which
is story is taken, adds that the princess
was completely cured altera few visils
from the Chevalier Baal.
According to The Juiirnil Kucyelope
diipte, 177(1, Dr Duval cured a woman
sixty years of a:e who was striekened wilh
paralysis by making her sing Christmas
hymns. Of course nobody can guarantee
the iiuih nf lio se siaiiueiiis, bin it is
beyond a doubt, for all that, that sin.'ing
has an extraordinary infl.ieuce over a
t'reat many people 'i his is proved by
ihe daily expoiieiice thai evcrjbnrdy is
aiile to verily wiih facility.
It i by singing that men cngagid
in heavy w-.rk ligh:en their burdens,
The song id a nurse soothes the pain of
the child ciiiiis its iu. patience and often
communicates to it, a g iyety which is
clearly attested by smiles Homer and
Plutarch lill in that the aneienls had
a hal.it of shitting at the cud of each
ui. al, iu i r.lei to dissipate, or at Ica.-t n
dure ihe effects of wine. According to
Ualiiul, ningiug has the iffecl of calming
ie furies of intoxication.
Why not go far back? At uu time was
the power of singing more clearly
demonstrated in all its grandeur aud
lat than during the French revolution.
Men dangerously wounded performed
acts ot Inroisn while singing "llii
Marseillaise" and such today is the power
of certain songs upon men of most
healthy minds that every time liberty is
presctibed ihe songs are fordidden.
Mu-ic, therefore, has an incontestable
influence upon the human organism.
But is this iufl icnce great, enough tu
turn it. in certain eases into a curef Ihat
s pneisdy what lie experiments to bt
tried at Munich will tell us in a few
years. An aliuiist doctor, on being
ciuisulti d on this subject, showed less
kepliei-in than was ex'.iected lor him.
.11 the hos Hal of Ea t-altpeiriere, lor
xati'ple, it was riniaikd that the concerts
given bv the l.yonnit brothels had a
most benitieial cff'ct upon certain
subjects. W ho, thereli'ie can foresee the
results that may be obtained by a skilful
manipulation of musical performances?
No" concluded the duct T "iu regard to
mental miladies we mu-t uevcrue either
ton skeptical or too affirmative: 'A grain
Iv s pirites ro.unn from madness'
Who can say that a musical t ph)r may
n t be powi I fill enough to blow away
the grain and allow reus m t I dissipate
in. iinii).'
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j uout'i.
OTTUMWA'S B..AS BAND.
It Seemed as Though lis Members Would
Never Stui tinning.
Comedian Willani II. Crane says thai
the greatest brass I and ihut ibis euumn
ever knew was an organization in Ottum
wa, la , many year., ago.
''I've bcaid llilinore and Suii-a, ami
all Ihe rest," said Mr Crane r. ivntly, "Ion
(licit bands couldn't be compared with
that prairie nggngaiii u fur a ummciit.
"Ill lliytllellllic.il sa!sil ll.l): when I
was niiii'h yoiini r lii in I inn now 1
was hying In pilot n company i f thespian
blight liohls ihinuglioul ihe wesN rn
provinces. Business was bad and our
treasury was low. Al Oiluimia the
theater orchestra had s Mini soil of a
grievance agaiust the iiiiiiiagciii' Ut and dc-
iininded pay in ailvane.... 'I'he tln ulir
refused, and our urgaiiigiiinn was not
financially in a posiiion lo discount the
future (ot a siti"le moment. So I stalled
out to fiud nunc sort of music, if possible,
to tide us over. I finally succeeded in ge!-
ting the Otltiiuwa brass baud to arec to
play three selections in trout of the theater
before the performance in return fir free
admission lo the show,
"The bund shewed up on time, cariied
out its part of the contract, and went into
the theater, I was on the door that ninht,
and by and by I was struck by the fact
that the Ottutuwa brass band must be
one of the most remarkable musical
organizations iu the country. Kvery
minute or two B iiucbody Would enme up
(o Ihe door Willi a brass horn unuer ins
arm, wave it at me and sail on into the
tin aler without a word. After I bad
passed in Olty or sixty musicians in this
way 1 began to grow a trifle suspicious,
and stopped an old granger who was
carrying a big luha.
"'Excuse me, sir,' I remarked, 'but
doyi-u play in ihe band'.''
Nope,' he answered.
" 'What are you doini; with that horn
then?' I a-ked.
" 'I'm goin' In go in on it if I can,
lie replied, candid.)'
"Wlu.su is it?' I inquired
" 'Biiiiinid if 1 know.'' b,: said 'A
feller outside tlieie give it to nie, aud
said I could get in with it '
"I left the door and stepped inside the
tbcaier j.ist in time to sec one of the
band boys drop another born out of a
window into the hands of somebody ou!-
side in the alley,
"As nearly as I can calculate, the
Oltuuinu brass baud that tiiubt must have
had more members than Gilmore or Soma
everdiriclcd at one time." Chicago
Times-Herald,
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your wife when you get home?''
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